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Oh the injustice of it all. Panda 2 was an infinitely better movie than Cars 2. Cars was garbage.

The irony is that John Lasseter has now directed Pixar's worst received movie - and yet he's still the one pulling the strings for both Disney and Pixar, and every director still has to follow his notes.

The irony is that John Lasseter has now directed Pixar's worst received movie

Actually, he's directed or co-directed Pixar's three worst received films: A Bug's Life, Cars, and Cars 2. Of course, he's also directed a couple of their best received films, and had major input into all of them.

American Dog was horrible. Everyone knew it. Sanders has good ideas, but lacks any structure--hence the truly BRILLIANT Dean DuBlois. Remember, Sanders quite Disney in an ego driven fit because he didn't get his way.

Of course, like whether AstroBoy was good or not, this will only draw an admonishment to not pull the scab off of old wounds...however...I thought that American Dog was very good.

Yes, here come the DisneyPolice to denounce it as a mess, and that Bolt was oh-so-much-better, but, American Dog had a uniqueness of vision that was apparently too much for the new regime. The pre-prod artwork on the third floor of the Hat Building was really really nice. The character quality was alive in the 2D artwork. The art direction was also unique and original, as was the intended CG production look and technique.

"...Remember, Sanders quite Disney in an ego driven fit because he didn't get his way."

That's not what one of the two of The New Regime told Feature Animation at the time.He repeatedly told FA that Chris Sanders had been read the riot act about delivering a revised script by a certain date, and that CS failed to do so. Therefore, The New Regime had to act.

Side-stepping the AD/Bolt quality debate, what JL and EC did was a basic management tactic of "shock-and-awe."

Show the Board of Directors that the Board made the correct choice in choosing men of action, and simultaneously send a signal to those below in the trenches that they won't hesitate to eliminate someone well liked up at the top. So then, does anyone else want to say no? They didn't think so.

Think of that Sopranos episode where Tony comes back from the hospital very weakened. His subordinates question him on everything, so he asserts his Alpha Male status by taking out the youngest and strongest in front of everyone else.

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As for Cars 2, good for Pixar/Disney/JL for raking in the cash. Hopefully this will work out as the saying, "a rising tide lifts all boats."

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